Posts from January 2020

“Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God” (Colossians 3:1).  Lord, it is by setting our hearts on you, by beholding you in all your glory seated at the right hand of the Father, that we are transformed. Lord, would you, by your Word and your Spirit, grant us that intimacy with…

“O Lord, my God, when I in awesome wonder consider all the worlds Thy hands have made, I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder, thy power throughout the universe displayed, then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee: How great Thou art, how great Thou art; Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee: How great Thou art, how great Thou art” – Carl Boberg (1859-1940)

“Take my life and let it be consecrated, Lord, to thee.  Take my moments and my days; let them flow in endless praise, let them flow in endless praise.”  Frances Ridley Havergal (1836-1879)

Lord, today we pray for the abatement of crime in our communities. For those who are driven to crime through necessity and poverty, would you give them opportunities for honest work that promotes the good of our communities.  And would you lead those who live lives of crime to instead live for you.  Would you reveal yourself to them, and transform them in your love.…

“I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.” (Acts 26:17-18)

Lord, today we pray for our church’s property team. Lord we thank you for the work that they do that often goes unnoticed, to keep the Church and the Centre running properly. Would you empower them to continue to do their work with joy as they serve you. Through Christ, amen.

“In the former time [God] had proved to us our nature’s inability to gain life; now he showed the Saviour’s power to save even the powerless, with the intention that on both counts we should have faith in his goodness, and look on him as Nurse, Father, Teacher, Counselor, Healer, Mind, Light, Honor, Glory, Might, Life — and that we should not be anxious…

“So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.”  Lord Jesus, help us to receive you day by day, to live in you, to be built up in you, to be strengthened in you, by hearing your Word spoken to us each day.  Through Christ,…

“Creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God” (Romans 8:21).  Lord, we thank you that you care for your creation, and you will liberate it from death and decay.

“I need thee every hour, most gracious Lord; no tender voice like thinecan peace afford. I need thee, O I need thee; every hour I need thee!  O bless me now, my Savior, I come to thee.”  Annie Hawks (1836-1918)